RE: [PHP] How to protect MySQL password
| From: | Matt Williams | Date: | Tue, 23 Oct 2001 18:20:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] How to protect MySQL password | ||
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Move it outside the document root
or put a .htaccess file inside the dir to deny access. This will still allow
system access but will prevent other fopen.
M:
> In a PHP application using MySQL i have to connect the database using
>
> $iDBhandle = mysql_connect( $sDBhost, $sDBuser, $sDBpsw );
>
> Problem is, that I cannot see any solution to protect the value
> of $sDBpsw.
> Of course I wont set the value of $sDBpsw in the same PHP script. I do
> that including a file pa/pa.php (protected area) but this file also has to
> have read access to all users and could be read with fopen( "URL", "r" ).
>